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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Havant Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
12,405 approved · 836 refused · 96 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
44 Cherry Tree Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8AY
Received 17 Jul 2025Belmont Castle Rest Home, 18-20 Portsdown Hill Road, Havant, PO9 3JY
Received 17 Jul 20258-10 Lower Road, Havant, PO9 3LH
Received 18 Jul 202530 Hollow Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9EX
Received 19 Jul 2025St Andrews House, 59-61 West Street, Havant, PO9 1LB
Received 22 Nov 2012151-153 Southwood Road, Hayling Island
Received 4 Jun 2013Land rear of 40 Queens Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7SB
Received 14 Jun 2013Woodcroft Farm Development Site, Woodcroft Lane, Waterlooville
Received 7 Aug 20133, 4 & 5 Marina Close, Emsworth, PO10 7BG
Received 18 Sept 2013Homewell House, 22 Homewell, Havant, PO9 1EE
Received 15 Nov 2013Land bounded by Solent Road, Brockhampton Lane & Selbourne Road, Havant
Received 19 Aug 20147 Park Parade, Havant, PO9 5AA
Received 11 Sept 2014The Former Wheatsheaf, Bramdean Drive, Havant
Received 13 Sept 201430 High Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AR
Received 17 Mar 201582A Jubilee Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7RE
Received 13 Apr 20159-11 St Georges Walk, Waterlooville, PO7 7TU
Received 20 Apr 20152 Hazleton Way, Waterlooville, PO8 9AD
Received 28 May 2015Hooks Lane Ground Clubhouse, Fraser Road, Havant, PO9 3EJ
Received 24 Jul 201511 East Street, Havant, PO9 1AB
Received 27 Oct 2015Land adjacent Woodcroft Primary school, Woodcroft Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 9QD
Received 29 Oct 20153 Park Lane, Bedhampton, Havant, PO9 3HG
Received 9 Dec 2015Land at 1 West Lane and 36,38,& 40, Station Road, Hayling Island
Received 20 Jan 2016The Town Brewery, 2 West Street, Emsworth, PO10 7DY
Received 26 Jan 201611 Bound Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9HU
Received 30 Mar 2016Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Havant Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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